The Washington critic., 1887-10-14

Washington Circle is ut Twenty.thri street,
New Hampshire and fcruYlyanla avenues,
and containing an equestrian statue OF
Washington.
Mcpherson square is at Vermont avenue I,
X and Fifteenth streets, cunt3inins an
equestrian statue of General McPhurSun
Farragut Square AZ connecticut ayeuue, l. X
and Seventeenth streets, cOntainuga statue
OF Admiral Farrugut.
Dupont Circle at New Hampshire, Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts avenues and Nine.
teenth street. holding the statue ul Admiral
Dupont, This circle Is In the heart VI the
most aristUCratiC part of the clty,
Scott Circle. at Rhode Island and Massachn-
setts avenues and Sixteenth street, contain,
ing an equestrian statue of General Winfield
Scott.
Thomas Circle lies at the intersection Of Yer
mont and Massachusetts avenues and 81
and Fourteenth streets An equestrian
statue pf General George Ii. Thomas adorns
this the smallest OF the circles
Lilac Park, at l. and Twelfth streets and Mas
saChusetts avenue, and SyrinEa Park, NJ
Tenth and l. and Massachusetts avenue, aFt
two tiiangles beautifully kept, aud noted
for their profusiun OF the shrubs from which
they get their name,
Mount Vernon Place Includes New York and
Massachusetts avenues and street he-
TWEEN Seventh aud Ninth streets. mag
nihcent fountain in the centre greatly aIpEhs
this beautiful park
Iowa Circle Is at Vermont and Rhode leland
Grants house Is ON the southwest side
Franklin square, between and Is aud Thir-
tecnth and Fourteenth streets, t. the ln1't
artistically designed and beautiful OF all the
smaller reservations. II contains natural
mound, supposed to be an Indian huIhi'
place and u spring of delicious water,
which supplies several hydrants,
Rawlns' Square Is at the intersection ni
New York avenue and + street, west OF thc
white House. The RawlnS statue ma
been removed TO The soulh side OF irhusS.
yania avenue, south ut Ninth street,
stanton Place Is at the intersection " Massp-
Chusetts and Maryland avenues ana a. street
northeast. II contains statue OF General
Nathaniel Greene
Lincoln Park occupies the grounds at ih"
intersection Of North Carolina, Mas agNl-
sets, Tennessee and kcrturty avenues, \
street northeast, street southeast an.I
ful group of statuarv representing Llur1iu
striking the frtt,rs from the limbs of The
slaves, Reached by the metropolitan cars
The Cemeteries.
Washington contains several beautiful and
historic cemeteries well worth visit, ODD
est Ol these Is
Rock Creek, just north OF the old soldier.
Home, II waz opened about thr ye1g VI"
The Congressional Burial Ground ur Wash
ington Cemetery, lies nc ihu 'n-t uIl H
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, uU tUu banks HI iHH
AuuCu-tiu. n contains uuNu'tp07 .H i..
litittIN ol many NI IN. N'.||'. -'. ..
Etus- who have died white Hu'|t. NNu "U
pru-idv' r. ui the United state urr "l' Ha
hvrr. George Clinton cot N.w lH.N .H' ..
bridge Gcrtyut Massachusetts IH" "r'|. .r'
WAS opened In lSUl IuN I- % very handsome
one, RDoslc0 by u.T u-y.
Ouk I'm Is lu GrnsvIuwI. ua Oh" bunk H
Rock Creek reached Ny stEc'' "tfs n' Ui"
II Is the most Uyw -unu burial N.l"r 'H
tie United -.U',s 3Hl lr famous l'r Do.
h.ud,uw, monuments u contains IN' grave
of Jum Howard Payne, author" 10. d'Hg
sweet Home
M,uut ul.rt. .u .hr Baltimore U u.I|H
t"-t nom the east uNuu. " -.r.". #. ny.
only Catholic cemetery IH inU n '..' |
is IuIuu and handsome. Reached ut .A".
nO-uitu'--
Garfield Memorial Hospital y on tnu ".HI inf
Iuuiu street uur'lH..f I.HNHH.l " "
trD lh, lIyvuuiuu.I aInt. e."H' uI.r
Freedman. iiu. u,.. nu ~.E.". '' ".
tended. lUsf HhHEH I"'...r UI| 'r
reached boy 'ha Seventh .n. N.".'t -.''"'
uaT~
The Homeopathic Hospital .,uH y s.er"'. n.-
tween First aud Second
Providence Hospital is nn the sou'h i1e n' %
street between SpCHuf yuI NNlWi 'Hs.
east, with pretty park In front. Reached
by the avenue line of cars